Randy Napoleon - Puppets: The Music of Gregg Hill (2022)

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Title: Puppets: The Music of Gregg Hill
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: OA2 Records
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:03:30
Total Size: 145 mb | 417 mb
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Tracklist:

01. Randy Napoleon, Rodney Whitaker - Andy's Lament
02. Randy Napoleon, Will Crandell, Rick Roe, Brandon Rose - Fanogram
03. Randy Napoleon, Quincy Davis - The Jazzdiddy Waltz
04. Randy Napoleon, Rick Roe - Lyrica
05. Randy Napoleon, Rick Roe, Seth Ebersole - Moonscape
06. Randy Napoleon, Rodney Whitaker, Aubrey Johnson - Puppets
07. Randy Napoleon, Rick Roe - Still Life with Tuba
08. Randy Napoleon, Rick Roe - The Unknown Ballade
09. Randy Napoleon, Rick Roe - Tone Colors
10. Randy Napoleon - Truck Driver's Blues
11. Randy Napoleon, Aubrey Johnson - Wide River

Personnel:

Randy Napoleon - Guitar
Aubrey Johnson - Vocals
Seth Ebersole - Bass clarinet (5,6,7,8), Flute (3,4,5)
Rick Roe - Piano
Rodney Whitaker - Bass
Quincy Davis - Drums
Brandon Rose - bass (2)
Will Crandell - drums (2)

While staying true to his roots as a guitarist deep in gratitude to Wes Montgomery and Grant Green, Randy Napoleon aspires to find new routes through the music and refine his already fully evolved voice. On Puppets, he teams with the prolific composer Gregg Hill, finding energy in Hill's quirky, out of the box melodies, and arranging them to keep the spirit of the tunes while amplifying Hill's intentions. He joins with longtime compatriots - three of the hardest swinging and creative voices in jazz, Rick Roe, Rodney Whitaker, and Quincy Davis - and features New York vocalist Aubrey Johnson on several Napoleon-penned lyrics. As his former employer Freddie Cole reminded him often, "It's not only how good you play, it's about how you present the music." Napoleon takes the advice to heart, continually swinging while looking to keep his audience surprised and inspired.